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  1. Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809
  2. Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts
  3. Was an American poet
  4. Edgar is very popular for his poems
  5. Considered part of the American romantic movement
  6. Best known for his tales of mystery
  7. Earliest American practitioners of the short story
  8. Considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre
  9. First American to try to earn a living through writing alone
  10. He was orphaned as a young boy when his mother died shortly after his father abandoned the family
  11. Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan but never formally adopted him
  12. The Allan family had Poe baptized in the Episcopal Church in 1812
  13. John Allan spoiled and aggressively disciplined his foster son
  14. The family sailed to Britain in 1815
  15. Poe attended the grammar school in Scotland
  16. There he studied at a boarding school in Chelsea until summer 1817
  17. Poe moved back with the Allans to Richmond, Virginia in 1820
  18. In March, 1825 Poe's uncle was the wealthiest man in Richmond
  19. Later Poe's uncle dies and left Poe with 750,000 dollars
  20. In summer of 1825 Poe celebrated his wealth by purchasing a 2 story brick home named Moldavia






  1. Poe moved back to Boston in 1827 because he did not feel welcome in Richmond
  2. He went to the University of Virginia for 1 semester then left because lack of money
  3. Enlisted in the army than he failed to be the officer's cadet
  4. Spent the next several years working for literary journals and periodicals
  5. In Baltimore in 1935 he got married to Virginia Clemm his 13 year old cousin
  6. In January 1845 Poe published his poem "The Raven" which led him to instant success
  7. His wife died from tuberculosis 2 years after " The Raven" was published
  8. He began planning to produce his own journal, The Penn (later named the Stylus)
  9. He died before it could be produced
  10. In April 1841 , Edgar Allan Poe's "Murder in the Rue Morgue" was in Grahams Magazines
  11. on August 19, 1843 Poe published his short story "The Black Cat" in the Saturday Evening Post.
  12. In 1835, Poe moved back to Richmond and became the editor of the Southern Literary messenger
  13. He continued to publish short stories and poetry
  14. literary journalism was not a well-paying field so Poe wasn't very healthy
  15. worked for Burton's Gentleman's magazines from 1839 to 1840
  16. Then moved to Graham's (1841-42), and finally to the Broadway Journal , where he worked as chief editor until early 1846
  17. Poe dreamed of publishing his own magazines, the closest he came to fulfilling his dream was was to become the proprietor of the Broadway journal for a short time
  18. However he could not make the magazines as successful as he wanted to because his capabilities as an writer were limited since he was a business manager.
  19. Poe wanted to show his capability but couldn't
  20. Poe later quit




  1. The primary aim of any literary work is to create a mood
  2. Poe's work as an editor, a poet, and a critic had a profound impact on American and international literature.
  3. His stories mark him as one of the originators of both horror and detective fiction.
  4. Many anthologies credit him as the "architect" of the modern short story.
  5. He was also one of the first critics to focus primarily on the effect of the style and of the structure in a literary work
  6. he has been seen as a forerunner to the "art for art's sake" movement
  7. French Symbolists such as Mallarmé and Rimbaud claimed him as a literary precursor
  8. Baudelaire spent nearly fourteen years translating Poe into French.
  9. he was found in a state of semi-consciousness
  10. Poe's life-long struggle with depression and alcoholism worsened
  11. Poe began to sell short stories to magazines
  12. he became the editor of the Southern literary messenger in Richmond
  13. Poe wins a hundred dollar prize for the " Gold Bug"
  14. Poe moves back to New York City
  15. Thousands were deceived by Poe's story, " The balloon Hoax"
  16. Poe writes " The Purloined letter"
  17. Poe writes "the Raven"
  18. Poe was working 14 hour days but still couldn't make a living
  19. Poe writes "The Philosophy of Composition".
  20. Poe sues another paper for libel and wins. The suit is settled for $225.00

  1. Poe's wife, Virginia, dies from tuberculosis on January 30
  2. Poe writes "The Poetic Principle".
  3. June 30 - Poe leaves NYC and visits John Sartain in Philadelphia.
  4. July 13 - Poe goes to Richmond and stays at the Swan Tavern Hotel
  5. Poe joins the "Sons of Temperance" in an effort to stop drinking.
  6. Poe lectures on "The Poetic Principle".
  7. Sept 27 - Poe leaves Richmond and goes back to Philadelphia
  8. Sept 30 - Poe apparently gets on the wrong train and goes to Baltimore
  9. Oct 3 - Poe is found half conscious and is taken to a hospital
  10. Poe influenced literature
  11. On October 3, 1849, Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore delirious
  12. he was in need of immediate assistance
  13. taken to the Washington College Hospital
  14. where he died on Sunday, October 7, 1849
  15. Poe was never coherent long enough to explain how he came to be in his condition
  16. Poe was not wearing his own clothes
  17. Some sources say Poe's final words were "Lord help my poor soul"
  18. All medical records, including his death certificate, have been lost.
  19. Newspapers at the time reported Poe's death as "congestion of the brain"
  20. The actual cause of Poe's death remains a mystery

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